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-rw-r--r--cmd/utils/flags.go15
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/cmd/utils/flags.go b/cmd/utils/flags.go
index aa999eaae..30edf199c 100644
--- a/cmd/utils/flags.go
+++ b/cmd/utils/flags.go
@@ -746,6 +746,12 @@ func MakeAddress(ks *keystore.KeyStore, account string) (accounts.Account, error
if err != nil || index < 0 {
return accounts.Account{}, fmt.Errorf("invalid account address or index %q", account)
}
+ log.Warn("-------------------------------------------------------------------")
+ log.Warn("Referring to accounts by order in the keystore folder is dangerous!")
+ log.Warn("This functionality is deprecated and will be removed in the future!")
+ log.Warn("Please use explicit addresses! (can search via `geth account list`)")
+ log.Warn("-------------------------------------------------------------------")
+
accs := ks.Accounts()
if len(accs) <= index {
return accounts.Account{}, fmt.Errorf("index %d higher than number of accounts %d", index, len(accs))
@@ -762,15 +768,6 @@ func setEtherbase(ctx *cli.Context, ks *keystore.KeyStore, cfg *eth.Config) {
Fatalf("Option %q: %v", EtherbaseFlag.Name, err)
}
cfg.Etherbase = account.Address
- return
- }
- accounts := ks.Accounts()
- if (cfg.Etherbase == common.Address{}) {
- if len(accounts) > 0 {
- cfg.Etherbase = accounts[0].Address
- } else {
- log.Warn("No etherbase set and no accounts found as default")
- }
}
}